Javascript DOM HTML Table Object create

Introduction

We can create a <table> element via the document.createElement() method: 

var x = document.createElement("TABLE");

Click the button to create a TABLE, a TR and a TD element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {
  border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>//from   w  w w. j  a  va  2  s. co  m
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  var x = document.createElement("TABLE");
  x.setAttribute("id", "myTable");
  document.body.appendChild(x);

  var y = document.createElement("TR");
  y.setAttribute("id", "myTr");
  document.getElementById("myTable").appendChild(y);

  var z = document.createElement("TD");
  var t = document.createTextNode("cell");
  z.appendChild(t);
  document.getElementById("myTr").appendChild(z);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>



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